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Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS) (Vol 1 No 1)
| Abstract: This study examined the relationship between leadership traits and university effectiveness in Southwest Nigeria. It determined the level of effectiveness of university in southwest Nigeria. It also examined the predominant leadership traits among the university leaders in southwest Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised all the 3,418 academic and 8,937 non-academic staff in all the 7 federal universities and 11 states universities in Southwest Nigeria. The sample was 900 respondents, comprising 60 academic members of staff and 90 administrative staffs drawn from 6 universities in three states in Southwest Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling procedure which involved simple random, stratified and proportionate sampling techniques was used to select sample for the study. Two sets of instruments tagged “Leadership Traits Questionnaire” (LTQ) and “University Effectiveness Questionnaire (UEQ)” were used. The two instruments were validated by experts with LTQ and UEQ yielding reliability coefficients of 0.79 and 0.81 respectively. The data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The descriptive statistics of frequency counts, percentages, mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while the inferential statistics involving Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Multiple Regression analysis were used to test the hypotheses. All the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that the levels of university effectiveness in the university system were moderate. The study showed that there was significant relationship between leadership traits and universities effectiveness in Southwest, Nigeria. The study showed that leadership decisiveness, leadership judgment and leadership loyalty correlated significantly with university effectiveness. Based on the findings, it was recommended that management of universities should improve on the existing level of university effectiveness in terms of quality graduates, stable academic calendar, adequate funding, research, community services, globalization, sporting activities and student support services and also that university leadership should place high premium on honesty, credibility, consistency, fairness, sense of duty, sound ethical and moral principles in dealing with their subordinates in order to enhance trust and cooperation among staff members and organisational effectiveness. |
| Keywords: leadership traits, inferential statistics, descriptive statistics, university effectiveness. |
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